Texas Lawyer Interviews

Doctor y Abogado discuten la falla preamtura de caderas DePuy y otros daños posibles

March 26, 2012. By Jane Mundy.

Dallas, TX: El abogado y el médico Dr. Shezad Malik representa un número de demandantes cuyas caderas DePuy ASR y caderas DePuy Pinnacle han fracasado, y muchas de estas personas se enfrentan a cirugía de revisión. El Dr. Malik explica cómo se enfrentan a "tres veces el riesgo."

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Lawsuit Fights Back against Aggressive Debt Collectors

May 31, 2011. By Brenda Craig.

Houston, TX: A class-action suit alleging aggressive and illegal debt collection practices against Encore Capital Group and its agents lifts the lid on a growing problem for consumers struggling to pay bills. "A lot of people call lawyers for help not because they want to get rich in a lawsuit, but because they don't know where else to turn," says consumer attorney Aaron Radbil from the firm of Weisberg & Meyers. "They have got debt collectors who are harassing them, debt collectors who won't leave them alone. These people have real problems and they deserve to be treated fairly."

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Life Partners Class Action

April 26, 2011. By Brenda Craig.

Dallas, TX: Waco-based financial company Life Partners did not play fair with investors and is guilty of both breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty, according to a class-action suit filed by Dallas attorney James Craig Orr from the firm of Heygood, Orr & Pearson. If the allegations prove true, hundreds of people who bought something called "life settlements" investments from the company are likely owed thousands and thousands of dollars.

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Clearwire a Broadband Ponzi Scheme Says Suit

March 22, 2011. By Brenda Craig.

New York, NY: Millions of Americans have signed up with Clearwire, an Internet subscriber service based in Washington state that promises lightning fast performance, but attorney Peter Seidman from the firm of Milberg LLP in New York says many of those subscribers are severely disappointed with what they get.

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Romanian Housekeeper Sued for Estate Fraud in Texas

February 7, 2011. By Brenda Craig.

Houston, TX: Attorney Donald Worley calls it the worst case of estate fraud he has ever encountered, and warns people to be careful about who you name as the executor of your estate.

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So Attorney Tommy Hastings Takes the Case and Wins $10.7 Million

January 24, 2011. By Brenda Craig.

Houston, TX: None of the local law enforcement agencies were taking action against a Houston doctor for medical malpractice who operated a "pill mill," so attorney Tommy Hastings said he would. "The Skorpenske family was very good about explaining what the problem is and how it affects all of us," says Hastings. "It was hard to look at the faces of the people in that family and tell them no."

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Migrant Workers' Bus Crash Verdict Sends Powerful Message

January 14, 2011. By Brenda Craig.

Corpus Christi, TX: A jury in El Paso, Texas, has awarded the families of two migrant workers killed in a 2005 bus crash a record $132.5 million in damages. Reagan Sahadi, the attorney representing the family of one of the workers who died in the crash, says the jury was disgusted by the actions of a greedy and irresponsible bus company, and the award telegraphs a warning to bus company operators who cut corners and exploit workers from Mexico.

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Edison Discrimination Suit is Déjà Vu All Over Again

July 31, 2010. By Brenda Craig.

San Mareno, CA: This is the third time since 1974 that Southern California Edison is being sued for racial discrimination. "This company has an inbred culture of racial intolerance that favors Caucasians and punishes African Americans and other non-Caucasians," says attorney Charles T. Mathews, who represents 11 plaintiffs in the latest class action against the company.

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E-Ferol Attorney Says Mothers Needed to Know Why Babies Died

July 14, 2010. By Brenda Craig.

Fort Worth, TX: It took almost three decades for some of the families affected by the E-Ferol tragedy to be awarded compensation for the wrongful death or injury caused to their premature babies. According to attorney Art Brender, whose Fort Worth firm spent more than seven years litigating on behalf many of those families, they wanted more than compensation. "The mothers of the babies just wanted to know what happened," Brender says.

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San Fran Attorney Shocked by Pregnancy Bias

July 12, 2010. By Brenda Craig.

San Francisco, CA: There is something marvelously fun about attorney Angela Alioto. The daughter of Sicilian immigrants, born and raised in San Francisco, she started law school at the age of 29 after her four children were born and has become a relentless anti-discrimination lawyer with a tidy list of courtroom victories and settlements related to everything from race to sexual orientation cases. She speaks it "Straight to the Heart," as her autobiography is titled.

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